nomad

noun

no·mad | \ ˈnō-ˌmad

, British also ˈnä- \

Definition of nomad

1 : a member of a people who have no fixed residence but move from place to place usually seasonally and within a well-defined territory For centuries nomads have shepherded goats, sheep, and cattle across the … semiarid grasslands … — Discovery

2 : an individual who roams about He lived like a nomad for a few years after college, never holding a job in one place for very long.

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Examples of nomad in a Sentence

He lived like a nomad for a few years after college, never holding a job in one place for very long. after college she became quite the nomad, backpacking through Europe with no particular destination

Recent Examples on the Web After losing her job, a woman (Frances McDormand) in her sixties embarks on a journey through America while living as a modern-day nomad. — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 13 May 2022 Luplow has been a bit of a baseball nomad as a major leaguer. — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2022 Stories of the horses, the weather, friendly nearby nomad families, safe routes, good food, adventures taken. — Peng Shepherd, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2022 Our next digital nomad location will be Nice, France, marking a full year of seeing this beautiful planet of ours. — Kimanzi Constable, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2022 One of the architects in the space is Gigi Robinson, a 23-year-old Gen Z digital nomad who is helping redefine this new digital world from the inside out. — Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 The airline, which specializes in low fares to leisure destinations, has been a bit of a nomad in Northeast Ohio in recent years, flying from airports in Youngstown, Akron-Canton and Cleveland. — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2022 It was found by a nomad on Dec. 16, 2018, near Achemelmel in Mali, northwest Africa. — CNN, 23 Feb. 2022 By contrast, Dubai offered itself as a base for the digital nomad. — Jeevan Vasagar, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2022 See More

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